During the 1920s, society was drastically changed due to the new ways in how people saw the world after World War I. Many young people traveled to foreign countries to learn new cultures. Before the Great War, set precedents such as Washington’s Farewell address and the Monroe Doctrine suggested America to avoid political connections with the outside world, which influenced people to stay inside American borders. The Great War was one of America’s biggest interactions with foreign countries at the time and introduced the rest of the world to the Americans. Eyes were opened up to see the world, which influenced many individuals to work to change America. Numerous new ideas and concepts were created, such as prohibition and the Harlem Renaissance.
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This movement was called the Great Migration, and was followed by the Harlem Renaissance. When the need for workers rose in the North during World War I, an abundance of African Americans left behind the harsh segregation laws and unsatisfactory economy of the South and moved up to the Northern cities, where racism was held more in secret than in the South. As the black community settled in Harlem in New York City, a period of flourishing African American art and culture called the Harlem Renaissance, began. Writers such as Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Claude McKay wrote various different forms of writing about African American life and racial pride. In addition to literature, a new form of music called jazz sparked respect towards African Americans. Jazz was a reflection of the African Americans put into music, which exploded with popularity during the 1920s. Many people referred this period of popularity in jazz as the Jazz Age. Musicians and artists hoped to inspire each other to survive in the society with pride. By expressing their feelings through their art and music, African Americans were able to gain racial pride and adjust to the Northern society. Despite the increase in respect towards the blacks, the Jazz Age nor the Harlem Renaissance did not have the greatest impact on preventing racism fully. Instead, it supported and reinforced African Americans with ethnic pride while racist activities continued
This movement was called the Great Migration, and was followed by the Harlem Renaissance. When the need for workers rose in the North during World War I, an abundance of African Americans left behind the harsh segregation laws and unsatisfactory economy of the South and moved up to the Northern cities, where racism was held more in secret than in the South. As the black community settled in Harlem in New York City, a period of flourishing African American art and culture called the Harlem Renaissance, began. Writers such as Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Claude McKay wrote various different forms of writing about African American life and racial pride. In addition to literature, a new form of music called jazz sparked respect towards African Americans. Jazz was a reflection of the African Americans put into music, which exploded with popularity during the 1920s. Many people referred this period of popularity in jazz as the Jazz Age. Musicians and artists hoped to inspire each other to survive in the society with pride. By expressing their feelings through their art and music, African Americans were able to gain racial pride and adjust to the Northern society. Despite the increase in respect towards the blacks, the Jazz Age nor the Harlem Renaissance did not have the greatest impact on preventing racism fully. Instead, it supported and reinforced African Americans with ethnic pride while racist activities continued